Ben Fletcher
American labor leader and public speaker / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the IWW organizer. For the colonial governor, see Benjamin Fletcher. For the member of an English music duo, see Aquilo (band).
Benjamin Harrison Fletcher (April 13, 1890 – 1949) was an early 20th-century African-American labor leader and public speaker. He was a prominent member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, or the "Wobblies"), a left-wing trade union which was influential during his time.[1][2][3] Fletcher co-founded and helped lead the interracial Local 8 branch of the IWW’s Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union.[2]
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